Hip Hop Hijabis: “Muslim chick with an itch to spit skits”

By Koel Mukherjee and Eliza Lomas on 23rd November, 2016

VOICES: art, music, podcast, protest, religion

Bristolian Muslim rappers Sukina Douglas and Tanya Muneera Williams are “proud to be from a place of resistance.”

They talk to us about smashing stereotypes, converting to Islam, and growing up with pirate radio & political resistance in St Werburghs and Easton. They’re Poetic Pilgrimage, the “Hip Hop Hijabis”.

Editing: Eliza Lomas

See more of “Hip Hop Hijabis”, at the Malcolm X Centre on Friday 25th November. Free for refugees, asylum seekers, and those in financial hardship.

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A Ramadan like no other in coronavirus Bristol

by Fatima Hudoon on 24th April, 2020

With coronavirus restrictions in full force and lockdown extended, mosques remain closed, big iftar dinners cancelled, and worship confined to the home. And so, this Ramadan is like no other.